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Legendary at its heights through the 1980s and 1990s, Sunsoft carved out a reputation for incredible quality across the 8-bit and 16-bit eras before gradually fading away. However, the publisher is beginning its comeback and in this incredible DF Retro special, John Linneman catalogues the history of Sunsoft, from its origins through its stratospherically successful period and then onto its quieter years through to the beginnings of its resurgence. With unprecedented access to Sunsoft HQ in Japan - including a look at unreleased games - this is the definitive look at a unique publisher.

This is exactly the kind of major project that simply would not be possible without the DF Supporter Program, so many thanks for making this kind of content possible.

00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:10 - Chapter 1 - Sun Corporation's Early Years
00:03:43 - Ikki - The First 'Kusoge'?
00:04:21 - Digging through Arcade Boards
00:05:28 - Chapter 2 - Sunsoft Arrives on Famicom (NES)
00:10:49 - The Unreleased Arcade Games
00:16:11 - Blaster Master
00:18:11 - The Best Years of Sunsoft - NES
00:21:29 - Chapter 3 - The Batman Chapter
00:25:21 - Batman on Game Boy
00:27:17 - Batman on Mega Drive
00:29:17 - Batman on PC Engine
00:31:27 - Batman: Return of the Joker on NES
00:34:52 - Batman: Return of the Joker on Game Boy
00:36:11 - Batman: Revenge of the Joker on Genesis
00:41:16 - Other Licensed Games
00:48:07 - Chapter 4 - Sunsoft's Original Games
00:52:01 - Journey to Silius
00:55:16 - Hebereke
00:59:32 - Gimmick!
01:04:34 - Trip World and more
01:08:29 - Chapter 5 - Myst and Cyan
01:14:23 - Chapter 6 - Sunsoft's American Games
01:27:39 - Aero the Acrobat Series
01:36:49 - Chapter 7 - Sunsoft's Japanese Games on 16-bit
01:51:06 - Chapter 8 - What Happened to Sunsoft?
01:58:43 - Sunsoft Memorial Series
02:03:00 - Sunsoft Opens A YouTube Channel
02:05:33 - Chapter 9 - Sunsoft is Back

 

[IFireflyl]

Over two hours long?

 

[Fake]

Good stuff. Batman for nes is a damn well game.

 

[ManaByte]

The MD/Genesis one was the best one by far.

 

[Dacvak]

I watched this a few months back on their Patreon. It’s really good, highly recommend.

 

[Hudo]

Waku Waku 7 is the best Sunsoft game

 

[diffusionx]

Over two hours long?

 

[Hrk69]

Over two hours long?

The perfect length and girth for me

 

[Genesis Knight]

Pretty cool. Will chip away at it.

Best retro Batman game for me is Adventures of Batman and Robin on Genesis.

 

[butane bob]

Over two hours long?

You don't have to watch it all in one go.

Hope this helps.

 

[RoboFu]

Sunsoft use to a spectacular developer on the nes through until about half way into the 16bit gen. I don't know what happened.

 

[Badlucktroll]

i want nes batman remake

 

[MrA]

The MD/Genesis one was the best one by far.

funfact, it has nes screen shots on the back of the box.... so probably the only case ever of reverse bullshots